A Rarely Peaceful Life

Qing Xuan smiled and said to Fu Xi, "I'd better do this myself. After all, my building style might be different from yours, Brother."

As he spoke, Qing Xuan opened his Folding Fan. The Purple Gold Gourd flew straight up from the Fan Pendant and released countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

The next moment, the Water Fire Gourd also rose into the air. Blazing Flames burst from its mouth, perfectly smelting the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Right after that, a covered walkway appeared over the Three Lights Divine Water Pool. It stretched across the entire pool, and an Octagonal Pavilion had been built where the Pure World White Lotus grew.

Then, on the opposite bank of the Three Lights Divine Water Pool, he built a quaint courtyard house. He had designed the main house to have two stories.

Standing on the second floor of the main house offered an unobstructed view of the beautiful Three Lights Divine Water Pool.

As for the room's furnishings, Qing Xuan naturally went for a more modern style. After all, he didn't want his room to have nothing but a meditation cushion.

Qing Xuan had just finished building his courtyard house when Nuwa and Houtu returned from the East Sea. Nuwa unfurled the Mountain River Society Map, and dozens of koi leaped into the Three Lights Divine Water Pool.

Qing Xuan could clearly see that these koi had only just reached the early Earth Immortal stage. Even ordinary demon clans in the Primordial Wilderness would have only just awakened their intelligence at that level. For the Dragon Clan, burdened by Karmic Debt, they hadn't even awakened their intelligence yet.

Good thing ordinary koi can't survive in the East Sea, Qing Xuan thought. Otherwise, those two girls would've brought back ordinary koi.

How could Qing Xuan not know that Nuwa and Houtu simply wanted to see koi playing with lotus flowers? The level of cultivation the koi might reach in the future wasn't what they truly cared about.

After releasing the koi into the Three Lights Divine Water Pool, Nuwa noticed the covered walkway. She grabbed Houtu and ran straight to the Octagonal Pavilion.

Watching the fish swim happily through the water and occasionally blow a bubble, Nuwa and Houtu smiled with contentment.

Only then did Nuwa notice that several new buildings had appeared on Fangzhang Island. One of them even bore the name Nuwa Palace.

She immediately headed to her palace and looked it over from top to bottom, a satisfied smile on her face.

Houtu went to see her palace as well. But her expression held more than just a smile; there was also a trace of emotion.

After all, Qing Xuan had built her a palace on Fangzhang Island. That meant he had truly accepted her. From now on, she was no longer a guest on the island.

Seeing the satisfied smiles on their faces, Fu Xi chuckled and asked, "Are you happy with the palaces Brother built for you?"

Just as Fu Xi was waiting for Nuwa to praise him, Nuwa and Houtu both noticed Qing Xuan's courtyard house.

They completely ignored Fu Xi and rushed straight inside. It was quite a while before the two of them came back out.

They went straight to Qing Xuan, and Nuwa immediately said, "Little Gourd Vine, I'm taking the three rooms on the east side. Houtu can have the three rooms on the west side."

The outcome didn't surprise Qing Xuan. The moment the two girls rushed into his courtyard house, he'd already guessed this was how things would turn out.

Thankfully, Nuwa had some boundaries and hadn't taken his main house. So he agreed with a broad smile.

Fu Xi couldn't help feeling awkward. I worked on those palaces for ages, and it turns out they weren't to the girls' taste at all?

That also made Fu Xi curious about Qing Xuan's courtyard house. He went inside, then came back out with a sigh.

Then he waved a hand toward Nuwa Palace and Houtu Palace, merging the two buildings with his Fu Xi Hall, one on each side.

Even the characters on the plaques had changed. Nuwa Palace and Houtu Palace had become East Hall and West Hall.

For the next little while, Qing Xuan didn't hurry to search for the other two Immortal Islands. He still had to wait for Ao Gan and the others to return from the Dragon Tomb.

Qing Xuan didn't waste his time during this period. He visited nearly every island within tens of thousands of miles.

But he wasn't searching for Blessed Lands. He was looking for the young of all kinds of animals. Of course, every so often, he'd bring their families back too, for a Barbecue Feast.

It wasn't that Qing Xuan only knew how to prey on others. There truly weren't any other small animals on Fangzhang Island.

That was why Qing Xuan went to other islands to find young animals and bring them back to Fangzhang Island. He wanted to make the island more lively.

Nine years passed in a flash. One day, Qing Xuan was sitting on a cliff as usual, fishing. He hoped to catch a top-grade sea fish and take it back for those two greedy girls to try.

Just then, the sea, calm moments before, suddenly churned without a gust of wind. Waves rose ten thousand zhang high, as if they would swallow up everything on the surface.

Qing Xuan had a good idea what was happening. The eight dragons in the Dragon Tomb had probably completed the Dragon Clan Inheritance.

Sure enough, the next moment, eight enormous dragons burst out of the sea and circled above the East Sea, their roars shaking heaven and earth.

The East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang was the first to sense them. Tears streamed down his face as he rushed up to the surface. This was the aura of the Ancient Dragon Clan, an aura possessed only by True Dragons.

When Ao Guang reached the surface, he saw Qing Xuan watching the eight enormous dragons twisting through the air.

He went up to Qing Xuan and bowed respectfully. "Thank you, Qing Xuan Daojun, for giving my Dragon Clan eight more True Dragons."

Qing Xuan waved a hand, helping Ao Guang back to his feet, and smiled. "This is their good fortune, and the Dragon Clan's opportunity as well."

"Although they no longer belong to the Four Seas Dragon Clan, they are still dragons. If the Dragon Clan ever faces a crisis, they certainly won't stand by and do nothing."

Qing Xuan's words carried two meanings. First, Ao Guang shouldn't forget that he had already given those eight dragons to Qing Xuan.

Second, he was telling Ao Guang not to worry that they would take his position as East Sea Dragon King. And if the Dragon Clan ever faced a crisis, they would be its greatest source of support.

Having served as East Sea Dragon King for so many years, Ao Guang naturally understood the unspoken meaning behind Qing Xuan's words.

He bowed to Qing Xuan again in gratitude, then said, "Qing Lian Daojun, this little dragon will quickly select the Dragon Clan's outstanding youths and send them to Fangzhang Island to receive your instruction."

Qing Xuan nodded. "From now on, Ao Gan and his seven brothers will be responsible for training the Dragon Clan. You can discuss this directly with Ao Gan."

"There's one more thing I must remind the East Sea Dragon King: unless one has reached the Zenith Heaven Realm, entering the Dragon Tomb doesn't necessarily mean one will receive the inheritance of the Ancient Dragon Clan."